E-flite 25-Size Fiberglass ARF Floats - Manual (Page 26)

Flying from floats can be great fun. There are a few things
to remember when you hit the lake. First, make sure you
pick a location where you can take off and land parallel
to the shore line with no obstructions. You will want to
make sure you are taking off and landing into the wind.
Verify your water rudder is down and the plane is
powered up. Set the plane into the water and begin to
taxi out. It is common to hold full up elevator (back stick)
during all taxi maneuvers. This helps to eliminate prop
splash and keeps the water rudder deep in the water for
improved steering. You may want to use a high rate for
your rudder during this operations as well. You will switch
to a low rate rudder for takeoff.
Taxi slow to get the hang of the rudder. Once you have
lined up for takeoff, set your rudder dual rate to low. The
water rudder becomes very effective during takeoff. Apply
full up elevator and apply throttle slowly at first. As the
plane picks up speed, you will notice it coming up on step.
At this time, you can relax the elevator input and fly off
the water the same way you take off from hard ground.
Once in the air, you will find the plane to behave slightly
different that before. The added weight below the model
acts similar to a pendulum effect in flight. It will slightly
effect the aerobatic performance as well. You will notice a
higher power setting from normal due to the added drag
and weight of the floats.
Float Flying
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